Sherman Alexie Quotes

I love magic. Like, 'pull a scarf out of your fake thumb' magic. I have a legit bag of 'Magic Stuff' in my garage.

Disappearing act? That's a magic trick, isn't it? I like magic tricks!

Magic things are fond of deceptions.

I find revealing the secrets of magic quite reprehensible.

Of course, in all magic tricks there's a secret.

If you want to talk about magic, the stuff that blows me away is the stuff that's done close up.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.

Why haven’t you asked me how I do my tricks?” Celia asks, once they have reached the point where she is certain he is not simply being polite about the matter. “Because I do not wish to know,” he says. “I prefer to remain unenlightened, to better remain in the dark.

It was the heart of any scam or fiddle -- keep the punter uncertain, or, if he is certain, make him certain of the wrong thing.

Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand

If one must explain a magic trick, one should do so after the show is over.

Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

If you go to a magic show, you don't want to see logic.

When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable.

Magicians will always tell you the trick is the most important thing, but I'm more interested in telling a story.

I realised how much misdirection is in stunt co-coordinating. It's similar to magic, the tricks we use to make people think the stunt is real. I also have a lifelong fascination with gambling cheats. I'm not one, but I do have a fascination with it.

Great liars are also great magicians.

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.

I misdirect the audience, so they have no idea where they are or who they're listening to.

One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane.

Well, I also love magic, which is, you know, different than showmanship. Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder.

The problem with stage magic is that it looks really good, but everyone knows there's a trick box.

As a kid, I kind of spent my life being amazed by being tricked. I love being tricked. I still love it today.

Magicians have done controlled testing in human perception for thousands of years.

I'm friends with Criss Angel. Criss has offered me a million times to go downstairs and see the setup. I don't want to see it. I just want to go, 'God, how did you do that?'